[South China Morning Post]China tensions hinder India’s plan to boost local weapons industry

India’s move to ban the import of some weapon systems and military hardware to boost local manufacturing is being hindered by its push to procure as much as US$2 billion in equipment to increase its defence preparedness as it faces a border stand-off with China and volatile relations with Pakistan.The new curbs on US$47 billion worth of imports that include communication satellites, conventional submarines and light machine guns, announced on August 9, failed to address critical issues such as…



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